what happens if you’re in a calorie deficit when you have no fat to lose?

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what happens if you’re in a calorie deficit when you have no fat to lose?

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Answer 1

So our bodies aren’t perfect about burning fat. They generally also burn muscle at the same time. And if we have no more fat reserves left, our bodies will continue to burn our muscle tissue, causing us to get weaker as we start converting the tissues that our body uses to survive into energy to keep our heart pumping.

Eventually, this would lead to death.